sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoSony Abandons Social Media for 24 Hours+ After Controversially Killing Physical Gameswww.pushsquare.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1491
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minus-square404found@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·23 hours agoI agree. No point in documenting the backlash with social media posts when they aren’t going to change their decision. On a side note, are physical copies of games anything more than install disks anymore?
minus-squareNelots@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·22 hours agoNot really, but they’re install disks you can trade in or lend to a friend.
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agoProvided the disc doesn’t require a phoned-in registration key. I think Bioshock started the trend along with limited installations.
minus-squareGoatSynagogue@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 hours agoConsole games aren’t like that, never have been.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoConsole games also used to be entirely on disk, and didnt require online connections just to play an offline single player game. Times change.
minus-squareDefault Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-215 hours agoDepends on the game. Many games are still playable from disc. https://www.doesitplay.org/
I agree. No point in documenting the backlash with social media posts when they aren’t going to change their decision.
On a side note, are physical copies of games anything more than install disks anymore?
Not really, but they’re install disks you can trade in or lend to a friend.
Provided the disc doesn’t require a phoned-in registration key. I think Bioshock started the trend along with limited installations.
Console games aren’t like that, never have been.
Console games also used to be entirely on disk, and didnt require online connections just to play an offline single player game.
Times change.
Depends on the game. Many games are still playable from disc.
https://www.doesitplay.org/